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Cosmetic surgery

November 2022

  • illustration: three men standing in a row; the middle one is significantly shorter and standing on a box to achieve the same height

    Would you have your legs broken to make yourself taller? The men who go through hell for a little extra height

    The procedure can cost £80,000 – but increasing numbers of people are putting themselves through leg-lengthening surgery. What drives them to do it? And is it worth the pain and potential complications?

October 2022

  • Viola Davis in "The Woman King." (Sony Pictures via AP)

    Weekend
    Actor Viola Davis, Marina Hyde on John Cleese, botox, burnout – podcast

    Marina Hyde on the plight of John Cleese, Zoe Williams asks: why has Britain fallen in love with Botox?, Gaby Hinsliff on the big British Burnout, and Ellen E Jones meets Oscar-winning actor, Violas Davis.

September 2022

  • Brow, beaten … Botox before and after.

    Why has Britain fallen in love with Botox? There is only one way to find out ...

    Increasing numbers of people are using the cosmetic treatment and they are happy to admit it. But what does it feel like to freeze your forehead, does anyone notice – and can it change how you feel about yourself?
  • Cosmetic injections require a valid prescription from an authorised prescriber such as a doctor, but those administering the treatment do not need to complete specific cosmetic injectables training beyond their generalised health qualification

    ‘Like a dystopian world’: inside the booming demand for cosmetic injectables

    Experts believe Australians are at risk of serious mental and physical harm unless the industry is cleaned up and professionalised

    • World’s top cosmetic surgeons to discuss reported side-effects of enzyme used to dissolve facial fillers

    • Botox patients should undergo mental health screening, experts say

    • ‘Life changed forever’: Australians speak of side-effects and pain after having cosmetic fillers dissolved

August 2022

  • Surgical equipment on a tray covered in a green fabric in a hospital

    ‘Irresponsible’: regulator accused of not doing enough to protect patients in cosmetic surgery reform

    Medical regulator and board agree to strengthen industry standards after review revealed unsafe practices and misleading advertising
  • Linda Evangelista, Vogue September issue

    Linda Evangelista ‘was persuaded by TV adverts’ to get fat-freezing procedure

    Supermodel tells British Vogue she was left ‘permanently deformed’ by rare side effect
  • needle entering woman's lip

    Unregulated clinics exploit anxieties about appearance, say MPs

    Committee calls for licensing regime and warns non-surgical cosmetic procedures like anti-ageing fillers can be risky

May 2022

  • illustration temporary facelift with tape and elastic

    Beauty hacks
    Can you give yourself a temporary facelift with tape and elastic?

    Some vloggers are tightening their skin with ‘beauty’ tape, but should we have anything to do with this perpetuation of unrealistic ideals?

April 2022

  • A surgeon marking a young woman's nose pre-procedure.

    Pass notes
    A nosedive in nose jobs: why fewer people are opting for rhinoplasty

    Are changing beauty standards or new, nonsurgical techniques the reason for the decline in popularity of this cosmetic surgery?

March 2022

  • A young woman's back with sunscreen on her shoulder in the shape of a sun

    From slip, slop, slap to jab, peel, zap: Australia spending on cosmetic procedures, but not public health

  • Woman undergoing cosmetic procedure

    Botched cosmetic procedures on the rise, says campaign group

February 2022

  • A botulinum toxin lip injection procedure

    UK to bring in licensing scheme for Botox and filler procedures

    Legislation will set standards for non-surgical cosmetic treatments after rise in reports of botched procedures
  • The actress Fanny Brice in 1920; she later went under the knife with a plastic surgeon who had no medical degree.

    Plastic surgery: why chasing physical perfection always ends in tears

    As former supermodel Linda Evangelista reveals her years of anguish after operations, history shows that nature usually wins
  • Darcey Bussell as the mayor and Jan Kooijman as the hairdresser in Coppelia.

    Social media is an unkind space, Darcey Bussell warns teens

    Former Royal Ballet star speaks out ahead of film update of Coppelia, which focuses on the pressure to change looks in pursuit of happiness

October 2021

  • a woman receives a Botox injection

    Botox and lip-fillers no longer available to under-18s in England

    Law passes meaning it will be illegal to administer products for cosmetic purposes to those under 18

September 2021

  • Linda Evangelista presents a creation for Jean-Paul Gaultier during the autumn-winter 2003/04 haute couture collections in Paris

    Science Weekly
    CoolSculpting, Botox and fillers are on the rise – but are they safe? – podcast

  • Linda Evangelista

    Cosmetic procedure industry is like the ‘wild west’, say campaigners

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